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Rights in jeopardy - 2005-07-18
The Property Rights Organization of Texas supports an amendment to the state constitution that will protect the private property rights of Texans.

Legislative firestorm sweeps country to curb property-rights
Scripps Howard News Service - USA
…Arlington’s last major eminent-domain dustup was in 1993, when Texas authorized the stadium authority to condemn land for a ballpark for the Texas Rangers…

Eminent domain
Claremore Daily Progress - Claremore,OK,USA
…John Cornyn of Texas would restore the meaning of the Constitution, which does not equate “public use” with “economic development.” …

UT plans $60M center
MSNBC - USA
…and controversial eminent domain ruling by the US Supreme Court, has resulted in a petition to “save Players” and even a movement in the Texas Legislature to…

Eminent domain: Seize a church, build a mall?
First Amendment Center - Nashville,TN,USA
…John Cornyn, R-Texas, would prohibit any government entity that accepts federal aid for a development project from using eminent domain to promote economic…

Lawmakers in half the states move against eminent domain
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
…lawmakers in at least half the states are rushing to blunt last month’s US Supreme Court ruling expanding the power of eminent domain. In Texas and California…

House GOP urges Congress to limit eminent domain
Kentucky Post - Covington,KY,USA
…she said. Lawmakers in two states, Minnesota and Texas, are working on legislation to limit eminent domain authority. Kentucky is…

Eminent domain bill’s failure stuns Janek
Galveston County Daily News - Galveston,TX,USA
…The Texas Senate approved the bill first and sent it to the House …
…He pledged to try to have the issue of eminent domain added to the next special session, which…

Kelo case stirs passions on eminent domain
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
…On the right, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, called the decision…
…introduced a bill to withhold federal funds in cases where eminent domain is used…

Project near T is in limbo
Boston Globe - United States
…legal dispute between the developer, JPI, of Irving, Texas, and the…
…with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority over the T’s eminent domain land taking…

The Supreme Court Takes the Fifth
Magic City Morning Star - Millinocket,ME,USA
…the Institute for Justice, at least 25 states are considering changes to eminent domain laws, and in Washington, DC, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas has introduced…

State prepares to fight ’eminent domain abuse’
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
…by a national organization called Citizens Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse said…
…Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.…

Alabama limits eminent domain
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
…Alabama, legislation to ban or restrict the use of eminent domain for private…
…New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Texas. …

DallasNews.com | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
Mr. Whitmire objected that lawmakers are likely to harm Texas communities as…
… Eminent domain still would be allowed for roads, airports, water projects,…

States move to protect property
USA Today - USA
…But the court left the door open for states to limit the use of eminent domain for economic development. In Washington, US Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said his…

For NJ family, ruling may doom beach cottage
USA Today - USA
…argument. In 1997, Molenburg was forced through eminent domain to give up his three-bedroom, two-bath brick home in Hurst, Texas. …

Committee to hold hearings on eminent domain
Drovers (subscription) - Shawnee Mission,KS,USA
…Committee Chairman, Bob Goodlatte joined Reps Henry Bonilla (R-Texas) and Stephanie…
…City of New London, giving local governments broad eminent-domain power to…

Ruling Sets Off Tug of War Over Private Property
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
…In Texas, Gov. Rick Perry added the issue to a special legislative session initially called for education. Both houses passed bills limiting eminent domain …

News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | HEADLINES
The Texas Senate is expected to take up an eminent domain bill tomorrow.…
… Eminent domain The Texas House unanimously passed a bill to limit the use of…

Bill would restrict eminent domain
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
…But the county “may have the right to limit its own power of eminent domain.”.…
…prompting a flurry of legislation from states such as Delaware, Texas and Alabama…

Florida, Texas Legislators Vow to Limit Eminent Domain
The Heartland Institute - Chicago,IL,USA
…Calling government’s eminent domain power an “absolute last resort” for development purposes, Staples vowed to prevent in Texas the type of economic taking at…

Americans Reject Eminent Domain Ruling
Human Events - USA
…In Texas, the House unanimously approved a bill that would amend the state constitution to prohibit local governments from using eminent domain for private…

My Solution To The Eminent Domain Issue
Useless-Knowledge.com - USA
…affirmed an extension of the government’s eminent domain power to include seizures for purely economic advantages. Here in North Texas, that decision…

Bonilla speaks on eminent domain
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
US Rep. Henry Bonilla, R-Texas, was talking about a recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of eminent domain in Austin. The ruling…

Owners sue to keep land at Cowboys stadium site
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
…About half the states, including Texas, have legislative bills proposed or pending to restrict the use of eminent domain. The Supreme…

Bill could protect property owners from eminent domain
Monroe Times - Monroe,WI,USA
…In Texas and California, legislators have proposed constitutional amendments to bar…
…one of at least eight that already forbid eminent domain for economic…

SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE: Resistence to eminent domain ruling
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA
…federal funds in any state or local project that uses eminent-domain powers from…
…support, including liberal partisans Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Maxine…

Eminent Domain Ruling Spurs Flurry Of Legislation
Mortgage News Daily - Scottsdale,AZ,USA
…In Texas anti-eminent domain legislation has already been deemed dead on arrival because the House refused to negotiate a final bill with the Senate, largely…

KENNETH HARNEY: Justices’ ruling on property seizure ignites
Detroit Free Press - United States
…John Cornyn, R-Texas. That bill declares it is Congress’ view that “the power of eminent domain should be exercised only for ’public use’ as guaranteed by the…